Dictionary meanings for nākṣatra from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (trī f.) [nakṣatrāṇāmidaṃ aṇ] Starry, sidereal. traṃ A month computed by the moon's passage through the 27 lunar mansions, a month of 30 days of sixty Ghaṭīs each; nāḍīṣaṣṭhyā tu nākṣatramahorātraṃ prakī- rtitaṃ Sūrya S.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (I) n. relating to the Nakshatras nakzatra s, starry, sidereal La1t2y.; Var. &c 532,3 104927 m. astronomer, astrologer MBh. 532,3 104928 n. a month computed by the moon's passage through the 27 mansions, or of 30 days of 60 Ghat2i1s GawI s each W. 067750 532,3 104929 mf (I) n. = prec. mfn. Jyot. 532,3 104930